iPhone Medical Apps: news, reviews, trends

Medical Image Quality on iPhone Sufficient for Doctors to Make Accurate Appendicitis Diagnoses: Presented at RSNA

Source: docguide.com Dr. Choudhri used OsiriX mobile software for the iPhone, which allows for transmission of medical imaging data through the iTunes Application. He said he has no financial involvement with the company. There was no external funding for the study. The use of OsiriX for diagnosis of appendicitis is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Choudhri said he would not recommend that final diagnosis of a patient be considered using the iPhone technology -- rat...

Dell Mobile Clinical Computing solution provides clinicians with single sign-on and roaming capabilities.

Source: informationweek.com Dell (Dell) has introduced a mobile, virtual computing offering for healthcare providers, allowing clinicians single sign-on and session roaming capabilities on any device for applications they're authorized to use within a facility. The Dell Mobile Clinical Computing (MCC) solution allows secure role-based access to applications and data from any computing device within a hospital. The offering is configured around the digital profile of a user, based on the us...

New and Noteworthy Medical iPhone Apps released last week in App Store

New apps last week in App Store(from 12/nov - 19/nov): ~ 74. We were selected these 7 new and noteworthy medical apps only: 1. Certified Nursing Assistant Go! / App Store Learn what it takes to be a certified nursing assistant! Certified Nursing Assistant is a fully-featured flash card app that helps you learn what it takes to become a certified nursing assistant. Included in this app are: + Main Deck + Faves Deck + Ignore Feature + Shuffle Ability + Choice of Primary Side +...

mHealth innovator picked by Micahel Cima as one of Seven Most Powerful Innovator

Source: forbes.com / 3gdoctor.wordpress.com Joel Selanikio, the 45 year old COO and Co-Founder of Washington DC based DataDyne has been selected as the “Most Influential Innovation” amongst 7 technology innovators for his “EpiSurveyor disease outbeak software” by the MIT Professor of Materials Science who overseas the Lemelson-MIT Program (the largest cash prize for US innovation in the US). “Joel Selanikio’s EpiSurveyor software helps health care workers in the developing world use mobile...

HIStalk Interviews Paul Meyer

Source: histalk2.com Some interesting highlights: about Voxiva. We’re a mobile technology company that had a crazy idea nine years ago that mobile phones had something to do with health. We’ve spent the last nine years building a platform and building mobile health solutions around the world. Do you think the iPhone got people thinking about the possibility of having a smart phone deliver a fairly rich application? I think iPhones have done an amazing job of opening people’s eyes up...

NASA Ames Scientist Develops iPhone Chemical Sensor

Source: NASA.gov Jing Li, a physical scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., along with other researchers working under the Cell-All program in the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, developed a proof of concept of new technology that would bring compact, low-cost, low-power, high-speed nanosensor-based chemical sensing capabilities to cell phones. The device Li developed is about the size of a postage stamp and is designed to...

New and Noteworthy Medical iPhone Apps released last week in App Store

New apps last week(from 5/nov  - 12/nov): ~ 43. We were selected these 7 new and noteworthy medical apps only: 1. ACLS Advisor - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Go! / App Store "run codes like an Expert!" This app is used during codes. This is an expert decision-engine that assesses patient characteristics and administers advanced cardiovascular resuscitation. ACLS advisor follows the American Heart Association guidelines. Inputs are interpreted by the cardiology decision en...

Interview with Developer of Swine Flu Tracker Map for iPhone

Source: pinchmedia.com Today’s App Developer’s Corner features Ronnie Schwartz of IntuApps, makers of popular applications like Swine Flu Tracker Map. The following is what Ronnie shared with us about running an end-to-end development shop. Go! / App Store Give us a quick overview about yourself and company. I’m CoFounder and CTO of IntuApps, our mobile brand that focuses on app design, development, and strategy. We’ve developed more then fifty apps and have seen great success in down...

GSMA and Manchester University announce launch of mHealth Innovation Centre

Source: 3gdoctor.wordpress.com the global Mobile Communications industry Association has announced details of its plans with the University of Manchester to establish an m-Health Innovation Centre to act as a UK focus for m-Health activity. The goal of this “m-Health initiative” is to foster innovative mobile applications and services in healthcare that will focus on promoting healthier lifestyles and early intervention. "The centre in Manchester will encourage innovation by: providing a f...

Far From a Lab? Turn a iPhone Into a Microscope

Source: NYTimes.com MICROSCOPES are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria. But they are also bulky and expensive. Now an engineer, using software that he developed and about $10 worth of off-the-shelf hardware, has adapted cellphones to substitute for microscopes. “We convert cellphones into devices that diagnose diseases,” said Aydogan Ozcan, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and member of the...